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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-211 hours agoPlastic is not very reactive. This property makes it generally not directly harmful to organic health, but also notoriously slow to decompose, causing huge amounts of pollution. I think it’s misleading to compare it to asbestos.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•10 hours agoFrom what I gather, asbestos is also very stable and not reactive. Asbestosis is caused by tiny fibers physically tearing your lungs. It’s unlikely that plastic is as dangerous (we’d seen it by now) but its buildup can likewise cause some condition.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•9 hours agoSuch as increased rates of infertility iirc
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 hours agoMicroplastics gathering in the brain. Most of which come from tires not food containers.
Plastic is not very reactive. This property makes it generally not directly harmful to organic health, but also notoriously slow to decompose, causing huge amounts of pollution. I think it’s misleading to compare it to asbestos.
From what I gather, asbestos is also very stable and not reactive. Asbestosis is caused by tiny fibers physically tearing your lungs.
It’s unlikely that plastic is as dangerous (we’d seen it by now) but its buildup can likewise cause some condition.
Such as increased rates of infertility iirc
Microplastics gathering in the brain. Most of which come from tires not food containers.